Hi. In Rick's (KC5AJX) post, he mentioned that his holes were too deep. Now, I'm not sure you can have too much concrete under a tower, but that's another discussion. Anyway, his fix was to shovel lo
My bigger concern with an 8-foot deep hole isn't with how to dig it, but, depending on the soil, how to keep it from collapsing in on me as I do. For that reason, anything that allows you to dig the
What part of the list administrator's admonition to cease and desist BPL threads don't people understand? K7LXC was very clear: this is not the BPL reflector. Towers, antennas, cables. Period. ______
As much as it pains me to see this thread revived so quickly after it died out the last time (this is well covered in the archives)... I'm in the bear-the-weight-on-the-rotator camp. As one has sugge
I've had Delhi up for years at my old place and when we took it down, the cleanest spots were under the old electrical tape. And the Delhi has channel for legs, like the Rohn HDBX, and I've never had
Hmmm, Aside from wondering about anybody who can't be bothered to read his ad before posting it, this product looks an awful lot like Radioworks' T4 Line Isolator, the most expensive of which is $43.
It seems to me the answer lies in the unpredictability of the "best path." You have to look at that equation in four dimensions: co-ordinate geometry set against time. Variations in humidity and wind
This would be the only way to go. By the time you got to the top of even a 60 foot tower, a vertical tram would be 12 inches out from the top of the tower, which would be the equivalent of mounting y
Hi all, For the chap who wanted to improve the high angle performance of his 95-foot apex inverted vee while maintaining its DX performance, I offer the following idea. I have not tested this on EZNE
Hi all, I think we're spending energy trying to find a definitive right or wrong answer when I don't think such a beast exists. I'd be very leery of guying a freestanding aluminum tower for the colum
http://www.cushcraft.com/support/pdf/r7.pdf The manual doesn't specify adjustment. But it does have the correct dimensions. That would be the best starting point. 73, kelly ve4xt -- Original Message
http://www.wade-antenna.com/ There does not appear to be technical specs on-line. 73, kelly ve4xt -- Original Message -- From: "VR2BrettGraham" <vr2bg@harts.org.hk> To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Sen
Since they don't ship outside the US, I have not dealt with them, but it seems from the ads and the chatter on here that Texas Towers is a good source for Al tubing. sizes. And they have sizes to acc
Hi all, I'm in the process of deciding on a few antenna projects to get ready for winter. Alas, a tower will not be one of them. This year. I need some better performance on 40 and especially 80/75,
When the WD40 official website says it's a lubricant... 73, kelly ve4xt WD40 website (http://www.wd40.com/Brands/wd40_product_info.html) material follows: Known as "the can with a thousand uses," WD-
As a journalist, I've trained myself to have a pretty good bulls--t detector. It goes off the screen reading some of the gobbledygook on the cfa site. And I'm no expert on antenna theory, I'm just tr
For 160 meters, 1/4 wl is 128 feet, six inches, give or take. At 60 feet high, that 128.5 foot hypoteneuse will create a triangle 114 feet-ish along the ground, which will make it virtually indisting
Wow. As impressive as it is, I wonder if the only value to it is as an excellent exercise in mechanical engineering. I can't help but think that for the $12,000 cheque he cut to Steppir alone, there
He was, it appears, president of NIDXA in 1971, so without consulting the DXCC charts, I think he's right up there. Unfortunately, there's no e-mail addy on the website, so we can't just ask him dire
If the SteppIR rumour is true, look for the price to be about $800 or more. The current vertical is about $600. Not that it wouldn't be a good antenna, unless they don't extend the length of the BigI